KOKORraN·Feb 26, 2024
This tool firstly replaces original content with random text. Cause we never know, how "deleting" a comment works internally ;)
https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
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shreddit
Delete your Reddit data.
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What it is
Delete your Reddit data.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| May 2023 | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
What Hacker News says
13 sourcesJust a reminder this exists:
https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training dataI am glad I trashed my reddit posts/comments before deleting accounts with shreddit [0].
[0] https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Reddit signs $60M content licensing deal with AI companyAnd this version which has been updated recently: https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Reddit App – Suspicious high number of recent 5 star, one word reviewsI used [shreddit](https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit) in an endless bash loop until it had overwritten and removed everything.
In Reddit Strike Has StartedAgree. Right after reading your comment, I went and run shreddit (https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit) over my now unexisting account. I think is time for me to get good habits again and wake up from the enchant of "social media".
In My Day Away from RedditThe other two I've seen mentioned frequently are:
- https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
- https://redact.dev/services/reddit
In Reddit AskHistorians ceases participation indefinitelyI can't imagine the DB load of hundreds of thousands of people deleting all their comments. https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Reddit.com appears to be having an outageLook into Shreddit [1] which does that for you. It needs API access though, so make sure to do it before June 30th...
[1]: https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?There's also a much easier to use version of shreddit written in rust (of course)
https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMAThe rust version is more current:
https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit commentsThey also don't get fixed just because people keep whining. Nothing is going to change, any more than when people complain about Facebook design changes or whatever. The answer is stop using reddit. I already shredded my comment history[0] and deleted Apollo from my phone.
[0] https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit
In Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party appsThere's a python script[1] (long abandoned) called shreddit that allows you to delete old comments. It first wipes out the comment (edits them and saves a blank string, or whatever string you choose), then deletes it. Reddit devs have said before that their backups don't keep previous versions of comments.
Someone rewrote shreddit in Rust[2]
I'm currently rewriting it in JS for Deno. Still in early stages so not worth posting the mess that it's in now.
As soon as I'm finished with mine I'm going to setup a cron job and have it delete any reply older than a year (with some exceptions you can set either by subreddit or by comment ids). I don't have any comments about pirating so I'm not worried about that, but I also don't think comments on social media need to last forever, especially with all of the data-mining being done on them (remembe
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r Cambridge Analytica). I think something similar exists for Twitter and Facebook but I don't remember their names at the moment, maybe someone here does.
1. https://github.com/x89/Shreddit
2. https://github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit